Stencil



April 13 1926. 1,580,382

S. A. PICKENS STENCIL Filed Jan. '7, 1924 I MUM.

t 5 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 13, 1926..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' slim A. menus, or BERLIN, MARYLAND.

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To all whom it concern:

vBe it known that I, SALE A. DICKENS, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Berlin, in the county of Worcester and .State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Stencils, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are; to facilitate the manufacture of temporary showcards and articles of similar nature; to provide means for using stencils ofthe character disclosed without danger of having the ink flow or run; .to produce a.plurality of ornamental effects; and to reduce the cost of the operation referred to.

Drawings. Figure 1 is a plan view of ai stencil of simple character disposed as in service, a

corner of the stencil 'is shown as raisedfrom the surface being printed upon.

' Figure 2 is a view of the printed surface and the letter imprinted thereon. Figure 3 is a View of adouble or multiple stencil for printing a variety of effects.

Figure 4 shows the larger of the stencils disclosed in Figure 3 and the printed surface having been executed through. its instrumentality,

Fi ure 5 is a similar view showing the smal er of the stencils disclosed in Figure 3, the printing or coloring having been a'rrested to disclose the previous coloring formed by the lar erstencil. Inthis figure, the dotted line is t e outline of the character shown in Fig. 4.

Figure 6 s a view of the com leted character secured by using-the stencils disclosedin Figures-3, 4 and 5.

v Description As seen best in Figure lof the' drawings,

a stencil sheet 11 has provided on the under surface thereof a coating of. adhesive 12. The sheet ll'has a stencil opening 13 cut therein.

when employing the stencil sheet 11 for printing, the surface o.f ;.th. Sheet 14 011 which the printing is to be 'executedfisjfirsflprepared by spreading thereon, over. an areaat least equal to :the size iof the sheet 11, a

.thin layer or coating of soap. The moistened gummed oradhcsive surface 12 of this sheet 11 is then" soap is required to dry. The.

'placedin position on the sheet 14 and upon mat'teris thus spread, the stencil sheet 11 is allowed to remain until the soapy coating referred to has dried. It will then be found that the stencil sheet 11 may be readily lifted from the soapy surface 11 without injury to the sheet 14 and without deterioration of the adhesive 12.

.When the sheet 11 is lifted from its position 'on the sheet 14, the printed surface will resemble that shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. 1

In Figures 3 to 6 inclusive, a modification of the stencil is shown, in that two stencil sheets indicated by the numerals 15 and 16 are employed. The stencil openings 17 in the sheet '15 and the stencil opening 18 in I of the sheet 14 on which the stencil sheet of'soap 15 will rest; then a similar coatin is overlaid on the stencil 15. This being accomplished, the coloring matter is applied to the surface of the sheet 14 in a manner indicated in Figure 4 of the drawings.

This having been accomplished, thestencil sheet 16 is then overlaid on the stencil sheet 15, the edges of the two sheets serving to register the same. It will then be found that the stencil opening 18 covers'less area than the stencil opening 17 and the coloring matter that'is then aplied will cover on y a portion of the sur ing the stencil sheet 15.

ace of the previously colored area produced by employ- The-two stencilsheets 15 .and 16 are now permitted to remain until the soap hardens or sets, when both are lifted first from the sheet 14 and then separated one from the other withas previously stated, no danger to the surface of the sheet 14 or deteriorationof the adhesive on the sheets 15 and 16.

The result of the foregoing operation is shown in Fi re 6 of the drawings, where will be foun a printing character having a marginal area of a different shade or hue than t e body of the said character.

While I have herein disclosed two types of characters which maybe formed by the use of stencils, it will be understood that a variety of stencils may be employed. Then employed in accordance with the present invention, they will .be adjusted to the sheet upon which the printing is to be effected by first applying a coat of thin soap to the sheet to receive, when superposed thereon,

the stencil sheet in which the stencil opening is formed.

Claims.

1. The method of printing with stencils consisting in coating a surface to be printed with a sap-ona-ceous drying substance; then adhering a stencil in position on the saponaceous layer; then coating the saponaceous surface exposed through the stencil opening with a coloring material; and then removing the stencil from service position when the saponacoous material has dried.

2. The method of printing with stencils consisting in coating the surface to bc printed with a thin layer of drying material;

then adhesively securing a stencil in service position upon said material; then applying color through the opening in said stencil; and then removing the stencil from said material after the same has dried.

3. The method of print-ing'with stencils consisting in preparing the printing sur-, face with a saponaceous material; their adhesively securing a stencil in service position, on said material; then coating the printing surface exposed through the stencil opening with a coloring material; then applying a coating of saponaceous material to the first mentioned stencil and attaching a second stencil having a stencil opening dif fering from the opening in the first mentioned stencil; thlen spreading a color matter upon the first color matter in the first stencil opening through the second stencil opening; and then separating said stencils from each other and from the surface being printed when the saponaceous material dries.

SALEA. PICKENS. 

